ERICA VAN WYNGAARDEN, master’s student in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the U of O, advised members of Parliament (MPs) from the Liberal Party of Canada, on March 27, on how they could improve Canada’s fuel trade relationship with Europe. Van Wyngaarden and three other U of O master’s students in public and international affairs sat [...]
GONE ARE THE days when people could have a beer and a cigarette on a patio or light a smoke under the stars in a park. As of April 2, Ottawans cannot smoke on patios or in parks as a part of the city’s new anti-smoking bylaw. Although tickets won’t be handed out until July 2, officers will be issuing [...]
OTTAWA (CUP)—HIGHER EDUCATION IN the context of research and innovation stole much of the spotlight in the Conservative government’s 2012 budget delivered March 29, but students and youth seeking greater financial aid were otherwise left in the dark. Apart from a heavy focus on industry-related research and additional funding for one particular youth employment program, Canadian post-secondary students were largely [...]
ST. PATRICK’S DAY celebrations in Sandy Hill were large, green, and noisy. By Monday, there was significant damage and litter throughout the community reportedly caused by partying students. Allan Rock, president of the University of Ottawa, listened to residents at a community meeting on March 19, who expressed their irritation. Diane Sandre, vice-principal of the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten École Francojeunesse, [...]
ON MARCH 26, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv and a small group of volunteers gathered in front of Parliament to protest an omnibus bill that has the potential to put thousands of Canadians in prison. Aviv, director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s equality program, protested Bill C-31, the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act Bill. “This is a bill that is absolutely [...]
IMAGINE CANADA, AN organization representing charitable organizations in Canada, has teamed up with the Muttart Foundation to host a contest geared toward post-secondary school students. Thanks to Students (Verb) Charities, students have the chance to win a grand prize of $50,000 by creating a public awareness campaign promoting the importance of charities in Canada. “What we’re asking them to do [...]
HOMELESSNESS IS A very real problem in Canada’s capital. According to the Alliance to End Homelessness, the city’s homeless shelters took in over 7,100 individuals for more than 440,000 overnight stays in 2010, and that excludes those who slept on the streets. Camping for the homeless March 12–16, five Telfer School of Management students hoped to reduce that statistic by [...]
BEFORE MARCH 5, not many people knew who Joseph Kony was. Today, a video titled Kony 2012 has over 74 million views on YouTube. Kony 2012 is a campaign started by Invisible Children, an American organization fighting for the rights of Ugandan children who have been forced into active membership in Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Kony 2012 is [...]
ELIZABETH MAY, LEADER of the Green Party of Canada and the first member of the party to sit in the House of Commons, is coming to the University of Ottawa to speak to students on March 5. The University of Ottawa Greens, who organized the event, invited May to answer the question, “Is Canada failing the world?” The Fulcrum spoke [...]
CANADA’S GREENEST HOME will be built this summer in Peterborough, Ont. The Endeavour Centre, a not-for-profit organization aimed at educating students in construction and design, plans on building the home during their five-month program of this year, making it their ninth sustainable project. Chris Magwood, executive director of the Endeavour Centre, said the aim of the project is not only [...]
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